Ok, to cut a very long story short (a good chunk of yesterday !), I have tried to re-install Windows 10 through ACER’s routine on the PC (via Alt F10). When I have tried to “Reset your PC”, the...

Hmmm. Of course as before, along with not being able to run Task Manager or use any right-click functions, I am unable to open up the elevated command prompt. I shall have to wait until such time...

Ok, 2 weeks on and still some issues. On booting up this morning, again Task Manager/Elevated Command Prompt won't work, and the same issues in File Manager, such as not being able to copy or open...

Thanks for that.

Thanks for your help - I've certainly learnt a bit more about Windows 10. One thing you can help me with, how do you take a screen dump when you're in what I would call a DOS screen, i.e. at the...

Ok have done the following :-

C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow
Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

Then

C:\WINDOWS\system32>Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image...

Ok, I've tried the very first option :-

Option One: Open Elevated Command Prompt from Win+X Quick Link Menu

Having done this several times already with no result, the following message opens...

There is no folder called AppData under my username - C:\Users\username\AppData.

There is one at C:\Default.mitigated\AppData with a 'Local' sub-folder, but no 'Packages' sub-folder beneath that...

Ok, have tried the 7 suggested methods of opening an elevated command prompt, as below, and variously :-

Either nothing happens when clicking on "Run as an administrator".

Task Manager will not...

Right Clicking on the Command Prompt brings this up :-

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10586]
(c) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Peter>

Then keying in SFC...

Results are :-

C:\Users\Peter>net user peter
User name Peter
Full Name Peter Turner
Comment
User's comment
Country/region code 000 (System...

Command Prompt (Admin) does nothing.

Command Prompt (Admin) doesn't work !

Where do I find "CMD" that I right click on ?

Hmmm. I get the prompt C:\Users\Peter> and not C:\WINDOWS\system32>. Excuse my ignorance !

How do I do that ?

I can open Command Prompt, but message saying I "must be an administrator running a console session in order to use the SFC facility" displays when I type sfc /scannow. Command Prompt (Admin) will...

I think I may have to re-install Windows 10, but do not want to lose all the shortcuts to my Favourites, along with the directory structure. Where are these files located, in order that I may...

For about a week now, each time I boot up, I receive this message as a pop-up – “Failed to connect to a Windows Service. Windows couldn’t connect to the Group Policy service.” I have problems using...